Natalia-Maria Zografou-Barredo is a researcher at the School of Engineering, Newcastle University, U.K. Her research focus is on whole energy systems, energy systems resilience, and mathematical optimisation with applications in electricity distribution. In 2022, she received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the School of Engineering, Newcastle University, U.K. In 2021, she won the EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship, and since 2023 is part of the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub research project.

Professor Sara Walker is Director of Birmingham Energy Institute. She has been working in the energy sector since 1996, with a career spanning industry and academia. Her research focus is on renewable energy and energy efficiency in buildings, energy policy, energy resilience, and more recently she has focused on whole energy systems. She is Director of the EPSRC Hub on Hydrogen Integration for Accelerated Energy Transitions (HI-ACT), and Co-Director of the EPSRC Energy Demand Research Centre. She is an Advisory Committee Member for the UK Energy Research Centre and the UK CCS Research Centre, and also contributes to the EPSRC Scientific Advisory Committee for Energy and Decarbonisation.

James Withers is a Research and design engineer at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult with eight years of experience across multiple industries. He studied mechanical engineering at Heriot Watt University. After graduating, he undertook design roles that covered a wide variety of industries including Hydrogen, Nuclear and moving bridges. His experience in the Hydrogen sector developed while working at ITM power developing PEM electrolysers.